8 Biddles Hill, Poolhead Lane, Solihull B94 5EN

Semi-Detached house · Built 1930-1949 · 95 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, oil

Upgrade Plan

DC for £4,350 · £4,350 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Loft insulation£350£2216.0 yrs+1.6 pts
High-performance doors£2,000 – £0£3727.3 yrs+2.7 pts
Floor insulation£6,000 – £0£4650+ yrs+3.4 pts · reaches C
Solar photovoltaic panels(optional, beyond C)£5,500 – £500£4250+ yrs+3.1 pts
Solar water heating(optional, beyond C)£6,000 – £0£3650+ yrs+2.6 pts
Solid wall insulation(optional, beyond C)£14,000 – £0£5050+ yrs+3.6 pts

Grants verified 20 August 2026. Costs are the register’s indicative ranges. Savings are restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. Points per measure are estimated from 19.9 million certificates and rescaled to this home’s own certificate delta; the total is the register’s figure.

Running costs

£1,213
per year at grade D
£981
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £104 a year — a 2.4% annual return on £4,350.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2020, states £813 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

16 April 2021£330,000
3 March 2016£215,000
4 January 2011£190,000
12 December 2003£185,000
31 August 2000£94,000
28 October 1999£70,000
16 May 1997£48,000

Estimated today: £390,168 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Biddles Hill: 28 sales since 1995 · £405,929 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

The schools’ own performance — Progress 8 shows value added, not just raw results.

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Tanworth-in-Arden CofE Primary SchoolPrimary1.8 mi
Meadow Green Primary SchoolPrimary1.8 mi
Tidbury Green SchoolPrimary2.0 mi
Woodrush High SchoolSecondary2.6 miProgress 8 -0.41 · below average (2023/24)
Light Hall SchoolSecondary3.5 miProgress 8 -0.19 · average (2023/24)
Arrow Vale High SchoolSecondary4.1 miProgress 8 -0.38 · below average (2023/24)

Schools from the DfE register, performance from the KS4 performance tables. Progress 8 is a GCSE measure, so primaries have none. Distance is straight-line from the postcode, not a catchment: admission is decided by the school, not by us.

Area context

Police-recorded crime for the wider neighbourhood, not this address. We grade homes, never neighbourhoods — so this is reported as a count, not a rating.

13
crimes a month
130
in the last 12 months
Anti-social behaviour
most common · 28% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01031243, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Biddles Hill

How this home sits against its street.

8
graded homes
55.8
average score
D
most common grade
+7.2
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.